Tampico — Title 15 Ch. 15.18 Property Maintenance Code § 15.18.012

A. The document published by the National Fire Protection Association and known as NFPA 70 National Electrical Code, 2021 Edition ("the code") and as otherwise modified by the terms and provisions of this article are hereby adopted as the code governing and controlling all requirements for installation and use, examination and approval, access to and spaces about electrical conductors and equipment within the village. Two copies of the code shall be on file in the office of the building official of the village. Each of the regulations, provisions, conditions, and terms of the code are hereby referred to, adopted, and made a part hereof, as if fully set out in this article, except for the additions, insertions, deletions, and changes described in subsections B, C and D of this section.
B. The following provisions shall govern instead of the provisions and conditions of the National Electrical Code, 2021 Edition:
1. Disconnecting Means. Whenever a service entrance or a meter base is installed, an external disconnect shall be installed. Except for commercial service installations exceeding a rating of 200 amperes, an additional interior disconnect shall not be required, unless otherwise specified by the National Electrical Code, 2021 Edition.
2. Conduit Wiring. All electrical installations within or upon any commercial, industrial or public buildings shall be installed in approved rigid metal conduit, metal moldings, electric metallic tubing, or flexible metallic and nonmetallic conduit, provided that flexible conduit may only be installed as concealed work in hollow spaces of walls and ceilings in finished buildings where the construction is such that the concealed lengths between outlets may be withdrawn and new lengths drawn in without injury to the branch circuit conductors. Flexible conduit shall not extend more than two feet into the basement, nor shall it be imbedded in plastic or masonry walls.
3. Underground Wiring. All underground service cables shall be of approved type and suitably protected from mechanical injury by metal conduit or otherwise and shall meet other installation requirements as specified by the village.
4. Communications Circuit. The use of electrical nonmetallic tubing shall be prohibited for other than communications circuits.
5. Roof Brackets. Roof brackets for the attachment of electrical services are prohibited.
6. 100-Amp Service Required. 100 ampere electrical service or greater shall be installed whenever major remodeling is performed on a building (50 percent or more of fair market home value), whenever major fire repairs are being performed, or upon the installation of additional electrical appliances that would overload existing service. All services of less than 100 amps capacity shall be removed from all buildings within the electric service and franchise area of the village upon sale, transfer or conveyance of that building, and such service shall be replaced with electrical service in accordance with the National Electrical Code, 2021 Edition (or such later edition as may be in force at the time the work is performed) before the date of the sale, transfer, or conveyance of the building. All service panels installed pursuant to this subsection (b)(6) shall be of the circuit breaker type and shall have a minimum 20-circuit capacity. The capacity shall be measured without the use of tandem ("split") circuit breakers. All buildings shall have a minimum service panel of at least a 100-amp capacity and a minimum of a 20-circuit breaker panel, and a 200-amp service must have a minimum of a 40-circuit breaker panel with the exception that an existing 200-amp service may have less than a 40-place circuit breaker panel as long as the panel has 25% open circuit breaker slots for expansion.
7. Requirements for Grounding Electrodes Systems. Number four copper wire (minimum) shall be used at the grounding electrode conductor on 100- or 200-amp services and shall be connected to the grounding electrode by an approved means. All ground wires to outside grounding electrodes above grade shall be enclosed in conduit. A concrete encased electrode shall be required to be installed in the footings of all commercial and industrial buildings.
8. Photovoltaic Systems. All photovoltaic systems shall have a disconnecting means located within sight and readily accessible from the arrays. An additional disconnecting means shall be located at ground level on the exterior of the building. Where installed on a rooftop of buildings, photovoltaic systems must provide a minimum four-foot clearance around all edges, peaks, valleys, and other obstructions. When the disconnecting means is not located within sight of the utility disconnecting means, a label shall be placed at the disconnect location for the utility serving the premises to indicate the presence of a photovoltaic system and the location of the disconnect.
C. Section 90.4.1 of the National Electrical Code, 2021 Edition, is hereby revised as follows:
"The Village Council of the Village of Tampico shall serve as the electrical board of the Village of Tampico, hereinafter designated as the board. The board shall, acting in its capacity as the board, exercise the duties and have the authority as provided in Section 80.15(F)(G) and (H)."
D. Section 90.42 of the National Electrical Code, 2021 Edition is hereby deleted, and in lieu thereof, the following is adopted:
"Any person who violates any provisions of the National Electrical Code, 2021 Edition, or any person who fails to carry out an order made pursuant to the code or who violates any condition attached to a permit, approval or certificate, shall be subject to punishment, or fine, as provided in Section 1-15, and subject to such cease/desist stop orders as well as possible injunctive relief as considered necessary and appropriate.